Measuring Social Capital Investment: Scale Development and Examination of Links to Social Capital and Perceived Stress

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 669-687

  Chen, Xinguang ^a,b,c,e   Wang, Peigang ^a,b   Wegner, Rhiana ^b   Gong, Jie ^c   Fang, Xiaoyi ^d   Kaljee, Linda ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceived stress; Social capital; Social capital investment; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897121140     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-014-0611-0     Document Type: Article

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